UPDATE: TBI IDs Coffee Co. murder victim

UPDATE: 11:37 a.m.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation positively identified the murder victim found shot and burned in Coffee County as Connie Lou Brown of McMinnville.

Brown, 51, has no fixed street address. No arrests have been made.

Reported earlier

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is seeking the public's help identifying a female body found in Coffee County last week in a case they are calling a homicide.

The body was found by the Coffee County Sheriff's Department Saturday afternoon after they were alerted to a dead woman found in Summitville Cave near Manchester. Deputies said they found the remains of a female with severe burns whose body was dumped after they believe she was murdered.

The woman was described as having brown eyes and brown or auburn-colored hair, according to a TBI release. She was about 4'8" to 5'2" in height, weighed around 100 to 120 pounds and was wearing a black shirt with orange writing and a pink bra, investigators said. The victim also had no bottom teeth and wore dentures as her top teeth.

TBI is encouraging anyone with information about the victim to contact them at 1-800-TBI-FIND.

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UPDATE: TBI IDs Coffee Co. murder victim

The body was found by the Coffee County Sheriff's Department Saturday afternoon after they were alerted to a dead woman found in Summitville Cave near Manchester.